8 posts tagged “movie”

Just saw the trailer for Hellboy 2.  Now, I knew this was coming out... but.. I never imagined... *sigh*

I'm really at a loss for words.  It looks spectacular.  Like as in "woah I just came a little and I hope no one noticed."  I love Ron Perlman.  I'll watch anything with him in it.  Period.  Just like Christopher Walken and Jason Statham.  Yeah, I know.  I can be lame.  But I have my favorites.  Anyways.  This summer is going to rock.  If only for this movie alone.

Oh yeah, and on the home front... the kittens are gone and we moved.  It's a long story and one I'll probably not share here.  What I will say is that we are looking to the future and what's best for all.  Spook is once again King of teh Castle and makes sure everyone knows it.  Since the place is carpeted, every one has a chance to see his no-no's any time they look down.  In other words, he spends most of the day on his back with all four legs in the air... or, barring people walking around, he pwns any and all furniture, accessible or not.  Also... my hair is long.  I haven't cut it since my last birthday.  I can almost get it into pigtails without any clips... almost.  It's the dang top layer in the front that just doesn't quite make it.  I wouldn't mind so much, except it's just long enough for the ends to bend in and tickle my ears.  Yay clips.

I feel I can't fairly say anything about this movie because we were sitting in the "front" row (the bar seats) and all I saw were a bunch of abs, a few spears and dental work.  Still, the movie was awesome even from that vantage point and I'm really looking forward to viewing it on a somewhat smaller screen (either the dollar theater or the wall tv).

Besides, you really can't go wrong with eye candy.

Rave: Movie
Rant: Theater

See the movie.  Own the movie.  (nothing more needs to be said about that)

Note to self - don't sit in the second seat over in the third row.  It's right in front of a (the?) sub woofer and in between two speakers.  When I can plug my ears with my fingers and *still* hear the light background music perfectly, I am sitting in the wrong seat.

My head hurts.  Ghost Rider was beyond bad.  Now I knew what I had going into the theater.  Nicolas Cage is not known for his great range of acting.  But I figured he could pull the Ghost Rider off and the trailer made the movie seem worth it, even if only for the special effects.

Boy was I wrong.

So wrong that as soon as we got home we popped the DVR on and started watching "CSI: Miami" to get the horrid taste of bad movie from our minds.

That bad.

I can pretty much sum up what was so bad using only one scene in the entire movie. Set up: Somewhere in the first quarter of the film, a young Johnny Blaze and girlfriend are underneath a tree and he carves "J & R forever" into the tree.  Now for the kicker: Near the end of the movie, JB and girl are underneath the same tree and the camera pans to the trunk where the carving is still there, very apparent.

Minor detail - the tree is living and more than a decade in time has passed.

Now one might be able to argue that he simply refreshed the carving.  Except the carving isn't anywhere near fresh.

Plotholes and bad acting are not my only complaints.  The worst transgression was the horrible writing.  I'm of the opinion that the screenwriter/s should be shot.  Not only shot, oh no, that would be too simple of a punishment.  They should be shot, in the foot or calf area, dragged out into the middle of the Sahara and left there with nothing but one canteen half full with bread pudding.

Worst line in the entire movie (and I usually love lines like these): Nicolas is facing off a (the?) devil and he says he's going to "fight fire with fire."  I guess the bad script goes hand in hand with bad acting because it doesn't look that horrible when I reread the line.

Even the special effects weren't worth the clams we shelled out to see it in the "real" (read: not the dollar) theater.  The only scene and special effect worth any money was the building scene that was shown in the preview.  The preview you can see for free. 

Do not waste a single nickel of money on this movie, either your money or anyone else's hard earned cash.  It's just not worth it, not even to see how bad it really is.

Night at the Museum actually surprised me.  I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, or get as involved in the storyline.  It was a really cute family movie - emphasis on Father/Son combos.  The special effects were pretty cool and I loved the dinosaur.  Ben Stiller did a great job not over-reacting to the museum inhabitants or falling into an emotional pratfall.  I have to admit that I figured out the plot before I should have... but even that didn't spoil the movie for me.  Heck, even Owen Wilson couldn't destroy it and that's a little surprising.  He was actually used perfectly in this film - as little as possible.  Not to say I don't like Owen, but a little bit goes a long way.  I was really happy that they didn't beat us over the head with Ben's father character and his personal issues.  It was nicely played out in the beginning and then simply touched upon when he realizes what's important.

The best part of the movie and the reason to see it is the old night guards.  Mickey Rooney rocks the house, er, museum.

I'll be adding it to the collection and you should too.

Not as funny as I had thought it could have been, but cuter than I had hoped it would be.  Make sense out of that.  It had a few great laughs, but overall it was lacking in comedy.  The best part were the slugs.  And I mean that.  I can't think of any other great sewer movies (but I can think of a great book - It) but if I could... I'd be recommending them here.  Don't waste your money until Flushed Away comes out on DVD.  Don't buy it either... just rent it because I know (and I can't wait for the DVD release) that there will be more sluggy action in it.  Extras anyone??

Short plot summary: ATF man is investigating a terrorist bombing of a ferry.  A body of a woman is found that while is supposed to look like she died in the ferry, died hours earlier.  He is recruited by a special team that follows the past, exactly four days (and some odd hours) and together they try to find the terrorist and killer of the woman.  Does the ATF man disobey orders and mess with time to save not only the ferry people but the woman he's falling in love with?

I wasn't a huge Denzel Washington fan until Man On Fire.  Since then, I wouldn't call myself a huge fan, but I certainly appreciate his acting more.  I can't say that this movie has continued the upward trend of my Denzel fandom, but I wouldn't mind adding it to the growing DVD collection.  A few camera shots had me stunned - especially when Denzel is driving a hummer while wearing a helmet in which he sees the past through one eye and the present through another.  There were more than a few gasps heard through the theater.  Overall, it was a great movie in one aspect - I didn't sit through it poking holes or finding things to complain about.  Well... there was one glaringly obvious complaint.  What has Val Kilmer done to himself??  He looked like hell.  I used to dream and drool over this man and I have to admit that I was disgusted every time he stepped into the scene.  It even ended the way it should have.  Kilmer is the only complaint I have.  Perhaps if I see it again I'll have more time to digest what is going on and see the gaping plot holes.  I kind of doubt I'll find a lot though as I was sitting there watching the movie and comparing past to present, fitting it all together in my head.  Best line of the movie, "I need more cowbell."

I miss seeing movies in a theater.  I can't say I miss seeing them on the big screen any more since we got the projector and our "tv" is now one of the living room walls.  Yes, I am spoiled.  But there is still something about the theater experience that is missing from our living room.  Oh yes... the crowd and overpriced popcorn (not to mention drinks, candy and other food).  I still miss it.

I need:
salty food.
medication.
water.
chocolate cake.
strawberry sorbet.
a foot rub.
a good comedic movie, preferably physical or sarcastic, dark would work.
sleep.

Can you tell I'm a woman, emotional and sick?